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This edition features treasured original stories as well as later additions including \"Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp\" and \"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,\" definitively bringing the Nights out of Victorian antiquarianism and into the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, readers have been haunted by the homicidal King Shahriyar, thrilled by gripping tales of Sinbad's seafaring adventures, and held utterly, exquisitely captive by Shahrazad's stories of passionate romances and otherworldly escapades. Yet for too long, the English-speaking world has relied on dated translations by Richard Burton, Edward Lane, and other nineteenth-century adventurers. Seale's distinctly contemporary and lyrical translations break decisively with this masculine dynasty, finally stripping away the deliberate exoticism of Orientalist renderings while reclaiming the vitality and delight of the stories, as she works with equal skill in both Arabic and French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded within are famous tales, from \"The Story of Sinbad the Sailor\" to \"The Story of the Fisherman and the Jinni,\" as well as lesser-known stories such as \"The Story of Dalila the Crafty,\" in which the cunning heroine takes readers into the everyday life of merchants and shopkeepers in a crowded metropolis, and \"The Story of the Merchant and the Jinni,\" an example of a ransom frame tale in which stories are exchanged to save a life. Grounded in the latest scholarship, \u003cem\u003eThe Annotated Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e also incorporates the Hanna Diyab stories, for centuries seen as French forgeries but now acknowledged, largely as a result of Horta's pathbreaking research, as being firmly rooted in the Arabic narrative tradition. Horta not only takes us into the astonishing twists and turns of the stories' evolution, but also offers comprehensive notes on just about everything readers need to know to appreciate the tales in context. He guides us through the origins of ghouls, jinn, and other supernatural elements that have always drawn in and delighted readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully illustrated throughout with art from Europe and the Arab and Persian world, the latter often ignored in English-language editions, \u003cem\u003eThe Annotated Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e expands the visual dimensions of the stories, revealing how the Nights have always been—and still are—in dialogue with fine artists. With a poignant autobiographical foreword from best-selling novelist Omar El Akkad and an illuminating afterword on the Middle Eastern roots of Hanna Diyab's tales from noted scholar Robert Irwin, Horta and Seale have created a stunning edition of the Arabian Nights that will enchant and inform both devoted and novice readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796776931564,"sku":"9781631493638","price":69.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781631493638.jpg?v=1757108082"},{"product_id":"the-annotated-mrs-dalloway-by-virginia-woolf-9781631496769","title":"The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the simple yet significant line, \"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.\" This marks the start of Virginia Woolf's much-beloved fourth novel. First published in 1925, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e is often regarded as Woolf's masterpiece, a pivotal work of literary modernism, and one of the most significant and influential novels of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this visually powerful annotated edition, acclaimed Oxford don and literary critic Merve Emre provides an authoritative version of this landmark novel. Emre supports it with extensive commentary that reveals Woolf's aesthetic and political ambitions in \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e and beyond, as never seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e famously unfolds over the course of a single day in late June. The plot centres on the upper-class Londoner Clarissa Dalloway, who is preparing to host a party that evening for the nation's elite. 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Septimus becomes an unexpected key figure in the novel, alongside Clarissa, despite the fact that the two never meet, in one of Woolf's radical narrative decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmre's extensive introduction and annotations trace the evolution of Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Smith from earlier short stories and drafts of \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e to their distinctive forms known by devoted readers. Woolf relied on her skill of \"character reading\" to bridge the gap between life and fiction, reality and representation. As Emre writes, Woolf's method involved delving deep into processes of consciousness to illuminate the infinite variety of sensation and perception within. From these depths, Woolf extracted an unlimited capacity for life, making her characters fundamentally unknowable yet vividly alive, showcasing the enduring achievement of her art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor decades, Woolf's rapturous style and vision of individual consciousness have challenged and inspired readers, novelists, and scholars alike. \u003ci\u003eThe Annotated Mrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring 150 illustrations, draws on decades of Woolf scholarship and numerous primary sources, including Woolf's private diaries and notes on writing. 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